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Train
I have been eager since earlier this morning to share my YOU VERSION devotion with you today. Contained in the devotion is information that I do not recall having previously received. It is good!
CREATING A TASTE FOR GOD
Perhaps the key passage in Scripture to understanding the parent’s proper attitude toward children is Proverbs 22:6. However, we often misunderstand that verse because we do not really know what the verb ‘train’ means.
To the modern mind, the verb ‘train’ smacks of discipline. We can almost see the hard-boiled sergeant dressing down the new recruit, a strict teacher telling his student what to do, or a demanding father insisting a son do something right. However, in the original Hebrew that is not at all what ‘train’ meant. In that ancient tongue, “train” denoted the action of the midwife when she would dip her finger in the oil and rub the tiny palate of the newborn baby, causing that baby to have a desire to suck. Thus, what that verse really means is, “Create a taste for God in the heart of your child, and when he is old nothing else in life will satisfy his hunger.”
What a difference a correct understanding of this simple verse makes. As godly parents, we are not always to “straighten out our children.” Rather, we are to love them deeply and provide a climate of love and security that is a result of our relationship with God. The child raised in such an atmosphere is a lot closer to Calvary than one raised in a hostile or cold setting.
via Draw Near – 365 Guides to Greater Intimacy with God | YouVersion.com.
Did you see it?
What a revealing definition of train. It makes so much sense to me! Train up a child so they have a hunger for GOD and that child will not have departed from the LORD even when he is old. It’s a bit late for me as my childbearing years are over :) but perhaps I can still be TRAINED and some young ones will yet benefit. :) I hope you will pass this along to some young mothers. How glorious it would be to have a generation of children so trained.
Proverbs 22:6 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
6 Train a child in the way he [should] go; and, even when old, he will not swerve from it.
via Proverbs 22:6 CJB – Train a child in the way he [should] – Bible Gateway.
Blessings of Joy and Peace, Kathie
Passersby
a you tube for you this 11th day of December 2012.
Have we considered that Joseph was just as much chosen by ABBA for JESUS as was Mary?
ABBA, thank You for knowing well and without flaw the servants to choose for specific works. Thank You for choosing our works for JESUS’ glory and our good. Thank You for yesterday’s good surgery report for Sheila; I ask for a steady and complete recovery for her. Thank You for good news received yesterday from others too. Thank You for the plans you have for us. Thank You for this season; I pray this year, ABBA, more of my celebrating will be holy and honorable. I pray to give the gift of Your Gospel wrapped in love, righteousness, peace and the forgiveness of JESUS the CHRIST to family, friends and passersby. And I am reminded in this moment of Sharron – You know her needs, You know the strength she requires this day for a safe and productive day; and it is for that I pray for her today. And others are coming to mind: Perry, Rosemary, Janet, Carol, Pam K, Pam M, Kerri, Cynthia, Betty, Brenda and You know there are others – precious and beloved folks, asking for their strength to be meet for this day, lavished with Your Presence, LORD JESUS, so tender, comforting and wise. Thank You, HOLY SPIRIT, for hearing and answering in JESUS name.
Jeremiah 29:11 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
11 For I know what plans I have in mind for you,’ says Adonai,‘plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future.
via Jer 29:11 CJB – For I know what plans I have in mind – Bible Gateway.
Blessings of Joy and Peace,
